Robert Emerson Cried, Bled, Threw Up After Training with Marco Ruas

“Every muay Thai school, especially Brazilian muay Thai school,
should have a picture of Marco Ruas up on the wall. I was the first
American to get a black belt from him. Those guys, they would spar
hard. I would go home with concussions every day. Marco literally
made me cry, throw up, bleed and pee my pants during training. He
got me so tired and beat up, I lost all bodily function. My body
just wept. I peed myself at one practice. I was that tired.
Breaking me like that at such a young age just made me stronger and
tougher. Now no one can break me.”